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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 14, 191T.
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.Flanders looms large as the German slough
of despond.
Bringing in the corn is merely preliminary
to bringing home the bacon.
Come across for liberty bonds. You can't
get too much of this good thing.
The popcorn brigade of Franklin school
glimpses in advance the industrious patriots of
the future.
Raising the limit on speed maniacs makes for J
safety and checks the rush for padded cells
Sockituum!
Housetop self-proclamation it not patriotism.
Deeds more than words service more than self-glorification.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, all
' right, but it won't do the job alone. Buy
Liberty bond.
. It is up to the home guard to make good the
pledges of supporting the boys at the front, even
if it takes the last dollar.
' Despite the boasted efficiency of autocracy,
the Hohenzollern machine heads into repair shops
with annoying frequency.
The Allies, no' doubt, will carry on to Berlin
a sufficient stock of spikes to complete the deco
ration of the Hindenburg statue.
"Three ' millions are only a starter," say the
state bankers. Turn on the financial gas, gentle
man Th enf4 limit la mimfmrAA
Vice Admiral von Capelle bits the trail blazed
by Grand Admiral von Tirpitz. Resignation and
retirement reflects the chastened temper of tha
empire.- , .
All of our backyard gardeners have' had an
experience worth money,, and those who stuck
it through have-" also gathered a crop worth
money as well.
, The flood of mud on the northwestern battle
front explains how and why the historic army
of old Flanders won the pennant for profuse pro
fanity. ; Like conditions need not be 'interpreted
as a demand for an encore. .
Justice marks progress in dealing with East
St Louis rioters. The conviction of thirteen
culprits with impressive sentences attached meas
ures the start toward relieving Illinois of the
odium of a' cowardly massacre.
History must accord Germany one involun
tary achievement It succeeded in freeing the
seas of its own shipping. Not one known craft
flying the Imperial . flag remains oh any of the
seven seas' to recall . the marine greatness' and
glory of pre-war tiroes. Retribution works. :
Mexican' politicians are getting wise to the
fact that the big uncje north of the Rio Grande
is the best friend in sight. The more he Is cul
tivated the letter they feel. Pride and politics
forbade the admission while campaigning for
power and plunder. For the present these are
bygones. International stress shifts the point of
view and brings home to Mexicans the need of
cuddling under, the wings f the eagle. Friendly
flirtations, indicate an early heading v
Conscription and Politics In Canada.
Canada is on the threshold of a political and
military contest the outcome of which occasions
alarm in! some quarters. The machinery of the
conscription law passed last month is about to
start and' opposing political parties are lined up
for the general election campaign covering the
' next ten weeks. Both contests are intimately re
lated. Conscription touches acute sore spots on
the political body and is bound to intensify the
heat of the .campaign, v A vote of confidence in
the Borden administration, authors of the law,
will end, the hope of modification. Should the
opposition Win, compulsory service will lose much
of its sting.' In its broader aspect the election
means a referendum on conscription.
Under the Volunteer system Canada has re
cruited 500,000 men for the war. At present vol
unteering averages 5,000 recruits a month. Ad
ministration circles regard the number insuf
ficient and the system inequitable and uncertain
Conscription is designed to raise 100,000 more
men, making the Dominion's maximum contribu
4 tion 500,000 men, a ratio of one soldier to every
fifteen persons of- the total population. Six
t... . : i vi a. it
mi vi iucu, sanying tn age iroui (M to J years,
' are subject to draft under the law, but the main
drive is toward the unmarried and childless wid
owers.
Opposition to conscription centers largely in
the French provinces. Its roots reach back to
the days when British overlordship cut deep into
French pride. Time and friendly intercourse has
not wholly removed the hurt The military
blundered in Quebec as In Ireland in failing to
appreciate the value of racial units officered by
kinsmen. These may appear trifling beside the
larger issues involved la war, but they are mag
oified tn the view of men quick to scent a slight
and resent it Predictions of serious resistance,
"however, come from too many political .quarters
,, to cause undue concern.
Loyalty Easy in the United States.
One of fie speakers at a local Jewish meeting
accurately touched on the most important fea
ture of our national life. He said loyalty is easy
in the Uniteu States, stating in briefest form a
tremendous truth.
Loyalty is so easy in the United States it is
cause for marvel that anything savoring of dis
loyalty can exist To be true to our country and
its free institutions requires only that the citizen
be true to himself. No government since the
Garden of Eden has burdened its citizens more
lightly in time of peace than does our. One of
our national characteristics is that we have asked
all of our government, and have returned but
little. Nowhere has freedom ever had such in
terpretation as here, and nowhere was ever in
dividual liberty and personal rights more sacredly
guarded or jealously preserved to all. In time of
war it is a common duty, a mere matter of self
defense, that we stand firmly together against all
foes. Mental twists or bias that find expression
in seditious acts or words are beyond understand
ing, and are the more iniquitous because they
are aimed against the best government man has
ever framed. Being loyal is the easiest and light
est burden that is laid on the citizens of the
United States.
America Dominant After War.
In what might be termed a prospectus for
world business after the war, issued by V. J.
Wollman, a New York financier, the author pic
tures America dominant and intrenched beyond
dislodgement He reviews modern history to
give substantial background to his views, and
forms his conclusions from a careful survey of
past and present conditions.
This optimistic forecast is generally shared in
by students of political and economic affairs.
Already a general shift of control has taken
place, and the United States stands first in the
world. This change is not entirely due to the
presence of the world conflict which may be
looked upon as an effect rather than a cause in
the evolutionary progress of man.' Growth of a
country so richly endowed with all that gdes to
make for material wealth and intellectual ex
pansion must eventually have brought about the
relations now fairly established, that of su
premacy among nations.
Without going hack farther than the begin
ning of the last century, when our country was
raw, we may find reasons for the change that has
taken place. England was then coming into its
proud eminence, since extensively enhanced; de
velopment of its colonies gave its people immense
surplus capital, and for one-half a century prior
London has fixed the credit of the world. It has
been estimated that London held not less than
twenty-five billions of foreign securities of all
sorts in 1914, and it is believed that fully eight
een billions will yet remain there when peace is
declared. This is a tremendous leverage on
which to hang control. But America has ceased
to be a debtor nation; billions of our securities
of all forms have been sent home to us, and we
have assumed the role of banker for the world,
or as much thereof as we remain on friendly
terms with.
When the war is over, England's commerce
and industry will be in a large measure intact
but the capital of the country will be required
for uses other than it has found in the last cen
tury. Germany is out of the question; France
must borrow, and so must Russia, although the
development of that country's hinterland prom
ises to add another wonderful chapter to the
world's history. ;
The United States is the one country, as Mr.
Wollman demonstrates, that can finance its own
projects and find some capital to assist others.
With wise direction the extension of our in
fluence in all ways should have one result, that
of confirming and consolidating the dominance
we now hold in the world.
Xosclussko, Soldier and Patriot
No name is more indissolubly connected with
American history than that of Tadeuz Kos-
ciuszko, "Thaddeus of Warsaw," whose service
in the. days of the colonies struggle for liberty
were of the first magnitude. Under Washington
he attained distinction as a soldier . that was
added to in after years, when he fought for Po
land as he did for America. Glory wis his, and
the veneration of devoted patriots that extends
even to this day. The despot whose forces over
threw him removed his body from Switzerland,
where he died, and laid it at Cracow, beside that
other great Pole, John Sobiesk), and their names
are forever connected with the story of Poland's
sorrow. One hundred years ago, October 15,
1817, this soldier and patriot died an exile and a
man without a country, but his work and his
words live, an example and an inspiration' to
Poles, who, like him, are forced to live in for
eign lands, but look always to a restoration of
their country in its ancient glories and freedom. '
U-Boat Champions in the Discard
The problem of Germany's navy seems to in
crease rather than diminish with the progress of
the war. Admiral von Tirpitz, minister of ma
rine, directed its only serious effort to engage
in actual conflict and then fell back to his U
boat plan and finally was forced to retire. Now
his successor, Vice Admiral von Capelle, also an
advocate of the unrestricted use of the submer
sible, has resigned because he could not face the
storm his conduct has aroused. These resigna
tions do not indicate any extensive opposition to
the use of the U-boat on part of the people or
the Reichstag, but must be ascribed, to other
causes. The defeat at Jutland and the failure to
develop any advantage from the loss of a con
siderable number of ships opened the door
through which Von Tirpitz stepped out of the
cabinet Von Capelle has found his defeat in the
mutinous sentiment engendered in the navy under
his very nose. At least this is the pretext
The failure of the U-boat campaign is appar
ent to all Germans who are willing to see the
truth. It did not defeat ' England, but it did
bring the United States, China, Brazil and other
nations into the war against German. Von Tir
pitz still talks bravely of bringing England to her
knees through destruction of her shipping, de
liberately ignoring the presence of the United
States with all its facilities for ship-building. He
very shrewdly declines to fix a date for success,
but admits: "We are now at the Jateful hour of
our existence. Gexmany can not maintain her
position as a world power against England unless
her position is founded on might"
This studious purpose to make it appear that
Germany in concerned only in the defeat of Eng
land long ago lost its effect, and amounts to no
more now than the assertions that the submarine
campaign yet will bring victory, when each week
shows a diminution of its effectiveness. Ger
many's costly navy has not paid for its keep so
far, and the greatest pistake of its directors lias
been to place their trust in terror
By Victor Rosewater-
WITH AN out-of-town guest who had never
heard Mr. Bryan make a speech, I went
down to the Auditorium for the Liberty Loan
meeting at wkich the address of Mr. Bryan was
the principal part of the program. It was more
than a year since I had last seen him nd I think
he looked better, at least not so worn and wor
ried. He is, I should say, a trifle more bald and
a little less portly. His' voice was in good form
and his ease of manner and fluency of speech
pleasing as always. His remarks were well de
livered and his argument cogent, but I did not
think he roused the enthusiasm or evoked the re
sponse as on former occasions. I have heard
Mr. Bryan in some of his most epochal oratory
the famous "cross-of-gold" .speech which won
him his first presidential nomination, the "Parker
Gold Telegram" speech at the St. Louis con
vention and numerous campaign speeches and
after-dinner talks, and I think he is at his best
either when he is thoroughly mad and goes after
a political enemy in his characteristic manner, or
when he indulges in satire and ljumor and tells
stories or cracks jokes at his. own expense. His
Liberty bond speech was devoid of both politics
and story-telling it was just a straight-forward
inspiring plea for patriotic duty interspersed with
self-justification, but withoutpitch-raising periods
or heart-throbbing flights. The nearest he came
to humor was his reference to the war revenue
bill as a conscription of wealth, declaring that he
had gone over it carefully and that "every sched
ule in it but two hits me the tax on liquor and
the tax on tobacco," as assurance that he has
now qualified as a taxpayer in every other particular.
The introduction of Mr. Bryan by Mayor
Dahlman recalled to me another Bryan speech
which embodied both the features which I have
said put Brys.n at his best. It was his opening
gun in the campaign against Dahlman when the
latter was running for governor in 1910 and Mr.
Bryan had cut loose from the democratic organi
zation on 'the issue of county option. For once
Mr. Bryan was both irate and satirical. He had
come to Omaha by himself and had the for him
rare experience of being greeted with no brass
band and meeting no reception committee; but,
on the contrary, left wholly to his own resources.
I had that day called attention in The Bee to the
fact that while he was accustomed to filling the
Auditorium,. capable of accommodating 6,000 peo
ple, he had hired' Washington Hall that would
not hold 600, and was proposing to make a pro
hibition speech in a hall over a saloon owned by a
brewery. I went over to hear the explosion and
hired a stenographer to take it down in short
hand and here are the opening paragraphs of
the transcript:
Note by stenographer: Mr. Bryan arrived
at the hall at 8:20 p. m., unaccompanied, pro-,
ceeded immediately to the platform, which was
unoccupied, handed out from the footlights to
the audience about three dozen chairs, carrying
them himself as far as the footlights, retaining
one chair for his hat and coat, and another
chair alongside the table, the audience cheer
ing while this was being, done, and Mr. Bryan
wearing a broad smile as though he enjoyed it
Mr. Bryan! Mr. Chairman I (Turning to the
empty chair at his side and addressing it in a
deferential and courteous manner.) (Prolonged
laughter and cheering.) Ladies and gentlemen:
This is my meeting. (Laughter and applause.)
I mean I am not here at anybody's invitation.
I paid for the halL I introduced myself with
such introduction as may.be necessary to the
newcomers in this community. (Laughter.)
The next few minutes were occupied in throw
ing a choice assortment of figurative garden fruit
in my direction, roasting The Bee to a turn, after
which the democratic reactionaries (including
Mayor Jim), the brewers and their patrons came
in for phials of wrath. It was a great Bryan
speech a much better one than his Liberty Loan
address.
Of course It Is just coincidence that the next
notable personage to be entertained by Omaha
is to be William Howard Taft, who was Mr.
Bryan's successful opponent the last time he ran
for president Mr. Taffs oratory is of an en
tirely different order from Mr. Bryan's. His
humor is more droll and subtle and his talk
more directly to the point and less fervid. Mr.
Taft is particularly interested in promoting the
success of the League to Enforce Peace, of which
he is the president The League to Enforce
Peace must not be confused with any of the pacif
ist propaganda. It was formed before the out
break of the present war with the avowed object
of opening' the way for a league of nations
banded together to preserve world peace and to
punish bad nations that misbehave. President
Taft make a point that in going into the war we
have really joined a league of nations to enforce
peace and all of us who are enlisted in that
movement are convinced that some permanent
organization in the nature of a league to enforce
peace will be one of the products of the war when
it shall have ended. When 'secretary of war and
later when president, Mr. Taft favored us sev
eral times by? putting Omaha on his itinerary
and he should have the Old-time cordial greeting
on this, hjs first visit since his retirement from
the White House five years ago.
People and Events
One of the many thrills experienced in Lon
don recently was a slower of blue-tinted rain
accompanied by vivid lightning. It wasn't "made
in Germany."
The thrifty students of Lane Technical high
school, Chicago, cleaned up $104,422 in various
summer vacation jobs. The average term of
employment was forty-three work days and the
average wages. $7.36 a week. The record fore
casts future success for that student body.
Harvard's physical 'expert solemnly reports
that, ""pound for pound the average normal
woman in good health can endure more pain,
discomfort and fatigue, and can! expend more
muscular energy than the average normal man of
similar condition." vThe conclusion is dear and
emphatic and is passed over to "mere man" as a
revelation of self worthy of subdued contempla
tion. The City of Brotherly Love woke up with a
jolt last week. At least that is the impression
conveyed by such of the population as geek out
eye openers and appetizers before tackling break
fast. The customary confections had risen over
night and the early birds caught the first worms
of the war tax mixed with the juice. A price leap
of 5 cents a swallow lent an additional "kick'
to the operation.
State auditors of Missouri in checking up
county accounts hopped onto a smooth package
of graft in Pettis county. The search has already
revealed a shortage of $30,000 in the records of
several officers, some of whom are still on the
job and others promoted to higher levels of use-,
fulness and thrift. Denials as usual are vigorous
and indignant as befit disciples of "addition, di
vision and silence." ,
Captain J. J. O'Brien, U. S. R., of Moorhaven,
Fla., with a penchant for scoops, contracted in
newspaper service, pulled off a fine sample of the
art before going to the front and left the natives
something to think about. Last spring the town
elected Mrs. George Horwitz mayor and won a
bright spot on the suffrage map. Mrs. Mayor
buckled down to her task with the eagerness of
one grappling with new duties. Widow's weeds
were cast, aside. O'Brien chivalry aided in the
food work, t Quietly and unknown to the crowd,
frs. Horwitz ceased to be and Mrs. O'Brien
blossomed forth as mayor. Merely a change of
name. Moorhaven wonders whether the mayor
remains-Mrs., Horwitz officially and Mrs. O'Brien
privately, or whether" the two names must be
hyphenated to preserve the official status of the
ballotbox verdict. Scenting what was coming-the
bridegroom fled to the war front
One Year Ago Today in the War.
London reported gain of ground lor
British in Thlepval area.
French took nearly two miles of
German lirte and hamlets of Gener
mont. Roumanians turned upon Austro
Germana and recaptured two towns In
Transylvania.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
The Omaha Wheel club gave one of
their enjoyable "smokes" at their club
rooms on Fifteenth street. Voval selec
tions by Messrs. Woodman. Murphy,
Morrill, and other were given.
The Immense smoke stack of the
new power houso of the Cable Tram
way company, at the corner of Twen
tieth and Harney, Is finished.
The weekly shoot of the Penrose &
Hardin Hlfle club took place as usuel.
J. B. Holmes, Union Pacific passen
ger representative at Des Moines, was
the guest of J. H. Greene, general pas
Bender Agent of the same road.
One hundred stonemasons met at
Kessler hall for the purpose of being
Installed as a subordinate branch of
the International Union of Bricklayers
and Stonemasons of America.
The Hebrew Ladies' Sewing society
held its annual meeting. Mrs. M. Hell
man was elected president, Mrs. F.
adler, vice president, Mrs. Benjamin
Newman, treasurer and Mrs S. Katz,
secretary.
J. Wallace Broatch, eon of the mayor
of this city, entered Yale college.
Mayor Broatch returned from the
Philadelphia centennial.
Plons are being made to consolidate
the . Omaha horse railway, the cable
line and tha electric motor line. ,
This Day In History.
1844 William Penn, the founder of
Pennsylvania, born In London. Died
in Berkshelr, England, July 80, 1718.
1774 Congress adopted a Declara
tion of Rights.
1806 Preston King, United States
senator from New York, 1857-63, born
at Ogdensburg, N. Y. Died in New
York City, Nov. 12, 1865.
1818 Alexander Smith, loom inven
tor, and founder of the carpet manu
facturing Industry In America, born
near Trenton, N. J. Died at Yonkers,
N. Y., Nov. 6, 1878.
1842 Grand celebration In New
York City In honor of completion of
the Crotoi water works.
1867 Holborn viaduct in London
was opened to foot passengers.
1878 Marquis of Lome, husband
ot Princess Louise of England, was
appointed governor-general of Cana
da. 1908 - Anglo-French agreement
signed by which disputes between
the two nations were to be referred to
The- Hague Tribunal.
1914 The allies occupied Ypres
after severe fighting. ,
1915 Great Britain declared war
on Bulgaria.
The Day We Celebrate,
Milton C. Peters, president of the
M. C. Peters Milling company, was
born Ih St. Louis, Oct 14, 1863. He
came to Omaha as manager of the
Bemia Bag company, latr going Into
business for himself.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of Pres
ident Wilson, born at Wytheville, Va,,
forty-five yeara ago today.
James Keeley, Chicago newspaper
editor and publisher, born in London,
England, fifty yeara ago today.
Rt Rev. Patrick A. McGovern, Ca
tholic bishop of Cheyenne, born In
Omaha, forty-five years ago today.
Sir Edmund Walker, noted Canad
ian financier and art patron, born sixty-nine
years ago today.
William H. Thompson, United States
senator from Kansas, born at Craw
fordsvllle, Ind., forty-six years ago to
day. John Lord O'Brlan, Buffalo attorney,
summoned to become special assistant
to Attorney General Gregory at Wash
ington, born In Buffalo, forty-three
years ago today.
Ivan M. Olson, lnflelder for the
Brooklyn National league base ball
team, born in Kansas City, thirty-two
years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Birthday greetings to Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, forty-flve years old today.
By proclamation of Governor Stan
ley, today Is to be observed as "Good
Roads Day." in Kentucky.
Edward E. Rice, producer of "Evan
geline" and other old time extrava
ganzas, and for many years one of the
best known theatrical managers in the
country, is to be recipient of a big tes
timonial performance In New York
City tonight -
Storjctto of the Day.
At the end of a South Carolina col
ored meeting it was decided to take
up a collection for charity. The chair
man passed the hat himself. He drop
ped a Jime in it for nest egg.
Well, every right hand there en
tered the hat, and yet at the end when
the chairman turned the hat over and
shook it, not siXmuch as his own con
tribution dropped out.
"Fo' de lan's sake," he cried. "Ah's
eben los' de dime ah stahted wiv!"
All the rows of faces looked puz
zled. Who was the lucky man? Fin
ally the venerable Calhoun White
summed up the situation.
"Breddern," he said, solemnly, ris
ing from his seat "dar 'pears ter be a
great moral lesson roun' heah some
whar." Case and Comment.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
At holt it bored in eakt of ice with
a n ict tbavioK tool tht ,cun of tht dtvict
is filled with tbt let fragments.
A win clip to hold a eow'a tail against
ont leg when she it being milked has won
a patent for a Michigan inventor.
What is claimed to be tht highest garage
in Europe has been built in tht Alps at a
point 6,590 feet abovt sea level.
There art spiders in Japan that spin web
on telesrraph wires heavy enough when wet
to short circuit or ground currents.
To automatically print advertisements on
rolls of wrapping paper in stores it tht
purpose of a reoently patented device.
A glass has been developed which rives
tht same intensity of color values at day
light when used with the gas or tungsten
light.
What is believed to bt the largest deposit
of slate in America hat been dleovered at a
depth of 5S0 feet beneath a Pennsylvania
farm.
For persons who have much string or
thread to eut a knlft blade, attached t tht
clothing with a safety pin, has been in
vented. A German agriculturist has developed a
method of extracting the fibrous Inner bark
of hop vines tor use in tht manufacture of
cordage.
Introducing air Into water to produce an
emulsion, a French engineer has succeeded
in seising it in a suction pump to a height
of sixty feet.
To keep the rollers and forms on a print
ing press clean wh.le it is running is the
purpose of a vaeuum cleaner that has been
invented.
A soap grinding machine for public wash
stands that a New York man has invented
has the advantage that any find pieces of
soap can be used.
AROUND THE CITIES.
The Equitable building tops the Hat of
building Us values in Ntw York City, with
an attested valuation of $25,000,000.
Hard coal pricet to consumer dropped SO
cents ton in Philadelphia last week. Ess
slat retails at 18.50 a ton and stove site
88.75.
Brooklyn loses 215 saloons through re
strictive laws and higher licenses. Tht re
maining number, 2,382, appear sufficient for
the moderate thirst of tht population.
Boston's campaign for whcaUets days
a'ready shows a decrease in white bread
consumption and an increase of 60 per tent
in demand for darker shades of bread.
A co-operative buying association in 8t
Joe put in an order for 1,300 bushels of po
tatoes with a northern grower at 85 cent a
bushel at shipping points, and wilf deliver
the tubera to members at 81.07 w bushel.
Hoboken saloons along the docks, put out
pf boose business by federal and state regu
lat'ons, scored a comeback with tteft drinks.
Holding them down to drinks without a
"kick" insures increased business for the
sleuths.
. Tentative reports of tht at sunned valua
tions of New York City realty show an in
crease of fl37,D0O,90t over 1916. During
the tax year S.219 new buildings, were added
to the assessment rolls in the five boroughs
of the consolidated city.
Police Commissioner Woods of New York
Oity extends the police reach to reckless
pedestrians as well as reckless drivers of
vehicles. Energetic reform in both direc
tions is urgently needed to shorten the
growing toll of traffic victim.
St Louia laments the suspension this
year of the famous fall festival of the
Veiled Prophet. So great is the event missed
in social and business circles that solemn
resolves are registered to recall the phophet
next year and every year thereafter. Ab
sence makes Louie's heart grow fonder."
SIGNPOSTS OF PROORESS.
Compressed paper steering wheels for au
tomobiles have been invented.
An English chemist has produced a sub
stitute for attar pf rose from petroleum.
The United States government uses nearly
2,000,000 incandescent electric lamps a year.
Four differently colored sectors on itt fact
makt a new automobile speedometer taslly
read.
An oil engine hat been Vveloped tn Europe
that can be run by peanut and other vegeta.
bie oils. '
A waterproof eape hat been made of paper
that it thin enough to be folded and carried
In a pocket
In an ash sifter patented by a New York
man tootheu wheels break tht clinkers as a
handle it turned.
A new material for electrical Insulation,
made from fish offal, has been invented by
a Danish chemist.
Barley gave much' better resulta than oats
at a sheep fattening food in tests conducted
by English farmers.
Designed for bakers, a new electrical me
chine will toour 2,000 pant an hour and
grease them for use again.
A street railway ear hat been invented
with tides almost entirely of glass, which
can bt removed in summer.
A Philadelphia university professor has
invented a dust proof, fire resisting glass
case for museum specimens.
Nitrogen for fertiliseri it being produced
In Italy from peat that is too low in fuel
value to competa with coaL
Apparatus for automatically tpraying oil
from tha bow of vessel upon rough saa
hat been invented ia England.
Experiments era being conducted in Aus
tria with a method for producing illumlnat
ing gat from sewage sediment.
A row boat for light service has been In
vented which can be taken apart in three
pieces for carting and shipping.
By luting three floor plankt in a ntw
motor truck teatt are formed upon which
thirty-eight men can be carried comfortably
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
These congressional scrappers are tak
ing chances."
What s the Idea?"
'They'd better look ahead. A couple
of 'em are going to be held apart uy
lady members ont of these flays. -vtlle
Courier Journal.
i-tT.ii. nn,Kr' So vou tot home last
night without being torpedoed."
"What do you mean, ionaou
..i-i. .. ..... tk!ntr . Biff-ISST COUrtt
wbtn I taw you." Boston Transcript.
turn ... i. , .I i,.m ahtut hlnnd EsklmOt
being discovered la again going tht rounds."
"I think the theatrical lnanuB",
that every year to scare chorus girls whl
art holding out for more money." Balti
more American.
.r... . ri. .illl.Tw.. Ttiert it flna
n hi mnrninr that every day i
mutt positively do something that I shrink
from.
Mrs. Hattsrson Then you can lane rat
tht matinee today. Life.
- p
"f know something 1 won't tell," sang s
little girl as little girls do.
V.v.r mlnrf rlillrl " sstd the laVtgt
bachelor; "you'll get over that habit wbes.
you art a Utttle older." Boston Tranaoriot.
Plrst Hobo I have at last thought of .
job I think I would like.
Beeoml Hooo wnat is iw
fir.f Hnhnl.lBman in a wireless tele
graph company. Chicago Herald.
"How was the musical at Mrs. Oadder'i
house?" ,. , ,.
"A great success from Mrs. uauuera ifu.u.
of view."
"yes?"
"Every one who attended professed to bt
amazed at the sums paid the artists wbt
took part." Philadelphia Ledger,
"Here, Johnny," said the father, "what
art you doing In that bookcase?"
"I want to find a history of tbt united
Statea." '
"What for?" m, 1 .
"Well, Billy Jenkins tayt Tim Riley
pitched for the Nationals last year, and
want to find out If he did." Kantaa City
Independent.
"She's so afraid ah . will mine something."
"I should say ao. She even has Tubber
heels on lier shoes." Philadelphia Bulletin.
Husband (Irritably) Thle dinner Is miser,
ably served up. Discharge that cook.
Wife (timidly) I am afraid if I do, dear,
she might get mad and quit Baltimore
American.
HERE AND THERE,
It la a remarkable fact that not one ot
tht great German composers waa Prut
sian. .
Last year 1,066 persons were killed and
5,589 Injured in railroad accident in Great
Britain.
Paper shirts are now being served out to
Russian soldiers for ust in eold and wet
weather.
In tha three yean of war nearly 1,000
Scandinavian ships hava been torpedoed or
mined, and 600 sailors killed.
Five hundred Young Men's Christian asso
ciation centers have been established la
France tinea the beginning of tha war.
A man in England recently collected among
his acquaintances 4,000 old gloves to be
converted into lining tor soldiers' and sail
ors' winter vests.
Jamaica has pledged herself to pay $300,.
000 a year for forty years from the tcrmina.
tion of the war towards tht reduction of tht
war debt of the United Kingdom.
An English correspondent suggests that
Unclt Sam'a toldiert bt called "Samsons,"
sinct they are strong men and are going to
pull down the pillars of German militarism
about the kaiser't ears.
si siirjMT Jka
DtxBarastrBASU
Sanatorium
This institution is the only one
in the central west with separate
buildings situated in their own
ample grounds, yet entirely dis
tinct, and rendering it possible to
classify Cases. The one building
being fitted for and devoted to
the treatment of non-contagious
and non-mental diseases, no pthers
being admitted; the other Rest
Cottage being designed for and
devoted to the exclusive treat
ment of select mental cases re
quiring for a time watchful care
and snecial nursing.
WINTER TOURIST FARES TO
NEW ORLEANS
Via
Illinois Central
Tickets to all points on sale October 1st, good re
turning until June 1st, 1918.
SOLID STEEL EQUIPMENT.
Rates and information at City Ticket Office, 407
South 16th street
S. NORTH, District Passenger Agent.
THE FIRST FROST.
Orlf Alexander.
I love to tea It thine upon tha roof
Tht white frost j dainty lact apun by
fay
(With many fanclet in lta warp and
woof). . .
Then knitted by a blithe October day.
Did you ever tea 'the dayt knltt Well,
they do!
Their knitting needles art the sun rayt,
moisture-crossed,
Tempered by mornlng'e chill a touch of
dew!
Then lo a tplrlt't captured by the
Frost!
I know that spirit! sweetheart of on Jack!
(I've named him once!) He greett her
with a smile.
When she's around he's never looking black.
"Oh, winter'! first born," crlet he; "stay
awhile!"
And when the tun releasee her he runs
Oft with her to tht woods, where silent
shade, .
Doftes the slanting rayt tht rising tun't
New effort to cthereallaa tht maid.
And then Jack Frost an antlo caper cuts!
Ha cracklea In tht merriment of speech!
"See how adept I am," ha orlae, 'la crack
ing nuts!
The chestnut, walnut, butternut ana beech.'
Anon tht patient tun that ttlll ascends
Ijooks on the maid, and the, without a
sound.
Dlssolvei tn air; and Jack's amall byplay
ends
The nuts bt craekt bt drops apon tht'
ground.
Tht chattering squirrel! find them In the
oil "
And garntr tbtm with method but much
fuss.
They're saying to each other as they toll:
"Sea what the Lord baa given unto us!"
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and
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ARE SURE
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YOU TO BUY ONE
I W. A. FRASER,
m Sovereign Commander.
J. T. YATES,
Sovereign Clerk.
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